Bottle motion mechanism for rotary bottle filling machines



April 16, 1935. cHlGNELL 1,998,156

BOTTLE MOTION MECHANISM .FOR ROTARY BOTTLE FILLING MACHINES Filed March21, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1.

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April 16, 1935. J cm 1,998,156

BOTTLE MOTION MECHANISM'FOR ROTARY BOTTLE FILLING MACHINES Filed March21, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 m Fig. 3.

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za-i k 1' J. CHIGNELL April 16, 1935.

BOTTLE MOTION MECHANISM FOR ROTARY BOTTLE FILLING MACHINES Filed March21, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig. 5.

363mb ATTUR/Vi) A ril 16, 1935. .1. CHIGNELL 1,993,156 BOTTLE MOTIONMEJGHANIS M FOR ROTARY BOTTLE FILLING MACHINES Filed March 21, 1953 4Sheets-Sheet 4 I I I l I 1 l 1 l I Y I i I I l ATTORNEY Patented Apr.16, 1935 UNITED :BGTTLE MO-TION' 550mm fume MAGHLNESJ James flluen lGretta-Bi min ham England nineteen March at 1933; s rial N were InsGllefl toBliitaia March 22, 1932 t Claims. romeo-be)- This inventi n@eemprises imp ovements i onnectcd w th :mot cnme hanism rotar bottlemachin s an reiers to ,th t y e in "whi h the bottle seat hasteenactuated. an .a

cam for the purp se of raisin he bcttle os ioncd n the seat into ontactw th the n 1. g

head. V g Pr-; to this invention, in mach nes a cam actuated shut leeathas fb enp erided, me-l-i taew idedicrth iepttlesee wasic a-r c cwetivels'shen e-leeeth, :as e tun s the mach ne we e usualiyei {th eeured-typeren the bot s were th eaded on $1 1 rest timed on nettle seat byhand- 5Bhe ibettle seatsswerethe raisedrbr hei em imctien tes eet thebottles ethe fillies h ad du in the sfilline operation. I V

leiect or :the present invention is par cula ly t steam a tuated kettleseat winch isadantedlfor us onne tion with mnaxetw wherein t e rh tlessee utcmatica t l edeqn the bottling machine and alsoautomat eallv removedmeretronr; which case it is neces a y 9 Jib-tv bottles to be loweredclear ao'f the fill ng tubes which have to straight rreachzclose tcktbeb ttom of the b tt e tor emc en f l n to the showings:

Figure is a tiertieal se ticne e gene alar nangement ot a .mt y bottle"filling m chine 7 the nettle mgchanjsm a di t this invention. 7

- Figure 2 i relegation o: gcr ssehaclatj the bottom of its travel.

Ei hhelhisea side elevation partly in section of thecross-head at thetop of its travel, with a hook for retaining the cross-head in itsraised position.

Figure 4 is the development of the cam for operating the cross-heads.

Figure 5 is an elevation of the release cam.

Figure 6 is a plan of said release cam.

Figure 7 is aside elevation of the cross-head control levers, whilst,

Figure '8 is an end view of same.

In carrying the present invention into practice as shown upon theaccompanying drawings, the rotary filler is of the well known type inwhich the filling head is rotated in' the usual manner. The bottle seatI0 is mounted on the end of the rod ll, whilst the lower end of said rodI i is connected to the lower part l2 of the split crosshead; the upperpart l3 of said cross-head is connected to the lower part l2 by means ofthe tension springs I 4.

The upper part of the cross-head is provided which cheeses here m a inFigu e for (raising ane rlewe ige the bott e {seat t is accente between,a neir eQ guide nedst 4: are seemed at the r wer s to ;.the r ramewerls20 cf machine, whils at.

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.mra 'ed er unli he fixedlowc x,uet h t tram wcork Jci the is ithe eem Jseen in l and-4, agains wh ch eeeeee th e ie ii 'lmol 'ni'ed on theupper part 13 f the cross-hea i v s 1 11c... e ppmeutnf t elcem 1 erswilk eseen iii-Figure 41s such that a fairly ren d riseis given 7 to thett e ea incons tent wit smoc w rkre :e deilsc a rainy sh rp .deseen tothpar 20 r t i emifl when he'nl'l d'bptt sremoved and an empty joneplaced. on themachinefi order toaccommodazte for any slight variainitheheights of the'fbpttles and to provide for a good seal betweenthe-mouthefthebottle 2,5 7

Hl ling -head i22ffigure' -1,-during thefilling operationppcovision ismade' bymeans-of the split :to provide :fior this.

1 17 16 rm DI the battle which is .posie E QQQSl- R &3!! s at all 1; 22a further slight movementg' s gpermitteglghy the rosseheadbeieg termedQf thea eim A? an 3 incitement the cms heed may the highest part of the'cam IT. The rod ll carrying the bottle seat l0 being connected to thelower part l2, which is connected to the part l3 of the cross-headcarrying the roller "5 which engages the cam I! being connected togetherby the tension springs I4, so that after the bottle mouth is 40 seated,a further slight movement of the upper part I3 of the cross-head cantake place against the resistance of the tension springs M. The part l3of the cross-head is able to move independently of the part I2 on theguide rods l8, I9.

Upon the mouth of the bottle being sealed on the filling head 22provision is made for locking the bottle seat It) in its raised positionas seen in Figure 3 during the filling operation and this is effected bymeans of a pivoted hook 23 mounted on the frame of the machine adjacentto the guide rods [8, l9. On the opposite side of the cross-head to theroller I6 is a pin 24 which strikes the pivoted hook 23 during theupward movement of the bottle seat It, after which the hook win 11 63830 23 swings under the pin 24 and holds the bottle seat ID in its raisedposition until the completion of the filling operation.

The pivoted hook 23 is secured to a spindle 25 on the inner end of whichis mounted a lever 26 the object of this lever 26 is to provide meansfor unfastening the hook 23 which retains the bottle seat 10 in thisraised position during the filling operation.

Mounted on the fixed base 21 of the machine on a suitable support is acam 29 against which the lever 26 connected to the bottle seat retaininghook 23 engages after the filling operation is completed, to disengagesaid hook 23 from the pin 24 so as to permit of the bottle seat 10 beinglowered for the removal of the bottle and the replacement of anotherbottle on said seat.

I claim:

1. In bottle motion mechanism for rotary bottle filling machines thecombination of a bottle seat, a rod on which said seat is mounted, a.cross-head connected to said rod, a second cross-head resilientlyconnected to the first crosshead and being capable of movementindependently of the first cross-head, guides in which a cross-headconnected to said rod, a second cross-head resilientlyconnected to thefirst cross head and being capable of movement independently of thefirst cross-head, guides in which said cross-heads operate and a rollermounted on the second cross-head whichengages a cam to operate thebottle seat. V

3. In bottle motion .mechanism for rotary bottle filling machines, thecombination of a bottle seat, a rod on which said seat is mounted, across-head connected'to 'said rod, a second cross-head resilientlyconnected to the first cross head andbeing capable of movementindependently of the first cross-head, guides in which said cross-headsoperate, a roller mounted on the second cross-head part which engages acam to operate. the bottle seat and meansfor retaining the cross-headsin their raised position during the filling operation. 3

4. In bottle motion mechanism tor rotary bottle filling machines, thecombination of a bottle seat, a cross-head member connected to bottlefilling machines, the combination of a bottle seat, a rod on which saidseat is mounted, a cross-head member connected to said rod, a secondcross-head member resiliently connected to the first cross-head andbeing capable of movement independently of the first cross-head,guidesin which said cross-heads operate, a roller mounted on the secondcross-head which engages a cam to operate the bottle seat, a pivotedhook which engages a projection on the cross-head for retainingthe'cross-heads in their raised position during the filling operationand means which engage said pivoted hook at a predetermined moment tocause the hook to disengage the cross-head and release same.

6. In bottle motion mechanism for rotary bottle filling machines, thecombination of a bottle seat, a rod on which said seat is mounted, across-head connected tosaid rod, a second cross-head resilientlyconnected to the first crosshead and being capable of movementindependently of the first cross-head, guides in which said cross-headsoperate, means mounted on the second cross-head which engages a cam tooperate the bottle seat and means for retaining the cross-heads in'their raised position during filling operation.

7. In bottle motion mechanism for rotary bottle filling machines, thecombination of a bottle seat, a rod on which said seat is mounted, across-head connected to said rod, a second cross-head resilientlyconnected to the first crosshead and being capable of movementindependently of the first cross-head, guides in which said cross-headsoperate, means mounted on the second cross-head which engages a cam tooperate the bottle seat, means engaging the second cross-head forretaining the cross-heads in their raised position during thefillingoperation and means which engagethe retaining means at a predeterminedmoment to cause the retaining means to disengage the cross-head andrelease same.

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JAMES CHIGNEIL.

